2020-06-01, 03:19 PM
(2020-06-01, 02:20 PM)Smithy Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks for bringing this up, Tim.
I have watched the Youtube video above, and was glad to hear that Pim van Lommel said that the 100 cases in our book The Self Does Not Die constitute proof for him.
However, for some, such as the very nice Steven Laureys (I know him personally - yes, he is very likeable and openminded) these proofs cannot be more than anecdotes. The problem with anecdotes is that, however true they may be, they cannot be 'scientific' proof... according to him and his fellow scientists for whom the only way to do science is strictly controlled experiments, not just one time, but preferably very many times.
My personal take is that such assumption is in fact ridiculous. And also the way in which Dr Koch thinks the problem could be solved: let some have a NDE while in an fMRI scanner... Suppose that this may happen: someone having a massive heart attack while in such a machine... And then afterwards seeing that the brain has fizzled out... Yet, the patient reports a wonderful NDE with veridical aspects. And what would happen then? Will it be accepted as proof? Forget it: cognitive dissonance will play up and thus simply deny the entire event...
Smithy
Agreed. And I'm glad you're obviously feeling better now, Smithy and you're back to your research etc !